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The word "Pimp" first appeared in English in 1607

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The word "Pimp" first appeared in English in 1607
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The word pimp first appeared in English in 1607 in a Thomas Middleton play entitled Your Five Gallants. It is believed to have stemmed from the French infinitive pimper meaning to dress up elegantly and from the present participle pimpant meaning alluring in seductive dress. Pimp used as a verb, meaning to act as a pimp, first appeared in 1636 in Massinger's book, The Bashful Lover.[18] In the 18th and 19th centuries, the term was commonly used to refer to informers.[19] A pimp can also mean "a despicable person".[20] The term can also be applied to a person who is considered a ladies' man.[18] @Curionic

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The term "Glitch" was first used to describe rocket malfunctions during the Space Race of the 1950's

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The term "Glitch" was first used to describe rocket malfunctions during the Space Race of the 1950's
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The word "utopia" is a pun. It comes from the Greek word for "good place" but also "no place." It's good, but it doesn't exist.

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By 400 BC, Persian engineers had mastered the technique of storing ice in the middle of summer in the desert

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By 400 BC, Persian engineers had mastered the technique of storing ice in the middle of summer in the desert